Girl · Aramaic, through Greek and Swedish
Märta
Say it: MAIR-tah
Meaning
The Swedish form of Martha, from Aramaic 'lady, mistress'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1950s
In the United States
- 17,186 babies given this name since 1888
- At its height in 1950, about 1 in 3,900 girls
- 67 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Marta
| Norwegian | Märtha |
|---|---|
| Finnish | Martta |
| English | Martha |
Famous bearers
- Märtha of Sweden, crown princess of Norway
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Where this comes from
- The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
- Calendars of saints and name days
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.